Post-meltdown era right around the corner?

The growning gap between income and profit amoung S&P 500 companies suggests new efficeincies and investment bargains.
S&P 500’s Worst Writedowns Signal Rally as Gap Widens
Dec. 15 — Just when U.S. companies are about to report their biggest writedowns, the losses may be the strongest signal yet that it’s time to buy stocks.
Companies in the [...]

401(k) Plans to be restructured?

Lots of people are spending lots of time talking and writing about how to make 401(k)s more reliable retirement vehicles. The first notion is to implement “automation” across the board. That is, to mandate auto-enrollment, auto-contribution increases with raises.and auto-IRA contributions for smaller companies.
The IRA component would take new legislation while, as we’ve mentioned [...]

Hedge fund swindler routed out transparency first

In this latest installment of meltdown learning opportunities, Bernie Meldoff the hedge fund swindler crafts walls of secrecy within walls of complexity and covers them in a fog of phony expertise. If you want an investor to know why transparency is important, what better way than to revisit the brazen crimes of one of the [...]